Deaf Contracting

[d000hg]

I have worked with a deaf contractor. She could lip read, and had a "hearing dog". The latter part caused some issues with our French project - because the French have dogs for the blind, but not for the death - but she'd done such a good job on the UK project, that these objects were not insurmountable.

Lol

[d000hg]

On a similar topic, I watched a program last night about a guy with no arms, who had become a fully trained carpenter using his feet to hold and use the tools.

The only problem now is that he can't get a job as health and saftey dictates he has to wear steel toe capped boots when on a building site, which leaves him buggered!

There's a guy on YouTube who plays guitar with his feet.

[d000hg]

In the past I have worked with 2 blind coders, both absolutely tulip hot. When I was an op we used to do a special print run (on an impact printer) using the braille chain to print off program listings for one. He used a scanning device to translate what was on the screen into braille (this was circa 1980).

The other chap (now a senior manager) had a guide dog which sat under his desk all day. He had some software which magnified the characters on his screen to massive size, and on a 21" monitor he could read a short word.

I always thought that losing my sight is about the worst thing that could happen to me, far worse than losing hearing, legs or an arm. I can't imagine being able to code without seeing.

[minestrone]

Worked in an office with a blind guy, to be honest I don't know what he did as his monitor was never on but it was an IT role.

Poor dog looked bored out it's tits, basically chained to the desk for 7 hours a day.

[Durbs]

In the past I have worked with 2 blind coders, both absolutely tulip hot. When I was an op we used to do a special print run (on an impact printer) using the braille chain to print off program listings for one. He used a scanning device to translate what was on the screen into braille (this was circa 1980).

Now that is impressive and i doff my cap to those chaps!

Dont see how it would work these days though? To answer the OP though, I cant see any issue at all with a deaf coder.

[jkoder]

Brian Wilson is deaf in one ear.

I have often wondered if there are one armed contractors.

That's how pair-programming started.

[Ravello]

I'm deaf in one ear? Does that count?

Me too.

[TheRefactornator]

Me too.

Me too after a bit of skull trauma a few years back. I hope that stem cell will actually be a working treatment for deafness one day http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7974795.stm

..it does make the news now and again when a new discovery is made, but most stem cell treatment stories at the moment often end with messages like "clinical trials are some way off" and "will hopefully be viable treatment in 10 years". You never know we might live to see treatment one day..but there are definitely worse things in life than being deaf in one ear.